Probe measurements in a coaxial gasdynamic PPT

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Burton, Rodney L ^a,b   Bushman, Stewart S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBES; PROPULSION; THERMOCOUPLES;

COAXIAL PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC THRUST; ELECTROSTATIC PROBE; MAGNETIC PROBES; PROBE MEASUREMENTS; RADIALLY SYMMETRIC; STORED ENERGY; THRUSTER EFFICIENCY;

PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS;

EID: 84963894292     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-2288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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